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COVID-19 Community Engagement Funding Announcement

Agenda

• OHA’s Acknowledgement to Community
• Funding Announcement Overview
• Q & A

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OHA’s Acknowledgement to Community

We acknowledge there are institutional, systemic and structural barriers that perpetuate inequity that have silenced the voices of communities over time.

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OHA’s Acknowledgement to Community

We are committed to partnerships, co-creation and co-ownership of solutions with communities disproportionately affected by health issues so that groups can actively participate in planning, implementing and evaluating efforts to address the COVID-19 response and other health issues.

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OHA’s Acknowledgement to Community

We recognize community-engaged health improvement is a long-term and adapting process. We are striving to engage with communities through deliberate, structured, emerging and best practice processes.

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OHA’s Acknowledgment to Community

We are striving to make engagement with public health effective for communities, especially those communities that experience institutional, systemic and structural barriers.

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Educationa l materials

• Community engagement, education and outreach
• Contact tracing
• Social services and wraparound supports

Areas of work

Community Engagement, Education and Outreach

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• Educate community about safe practices to prevent

the spread of COVID-19, answer questions, and act as liaison between the community and public health;

• Regular coordination with the local public health

authority (LPHA) about where the community can access services like testing, health care and social services;

• Inform the community about where to go for services

like testing, heath care and social services.

Contact Tracing

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• 1. Coordinating with the LPHA on contacts that need to

be traced;

• 2. Calling all identified contacts of COVID-19 cases to

document a symptom check;

• 3. Referring contacts for testing according to

established protocols;

• 4. Providing contacts with quarantine instructions; and
• 5. Documenting work in the OHA ARIAS system.

Social Services and Wrap Around Supports

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• Health care: assist individuals and families with

accessing health providers, including referrals and setting appointments.

• Grocery shopping: gather information from clients on

their grocery needs, shopping and delivering food OR connecting with other organizations who can deploy volunteers to shop and deliver food.

• Housing support: identify housing needs and work

with individuals and families and community

• rganizations to fill them.

Social Services and Wrap Around Supports

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• Utilities and telecommunication support: identify

needs related to utilities, water, garbage, phone, internet, and cable and work with individuals and families and community organizations to access existing benefit programs.

• Connecting to community resources: some

individuals and families may need more complex and

• ngoing case management services and may need

to be connected to behavioral health resources, anti- discrimination resources, domestic violence resources, Department of Human Services or others.

The Process

• We will select ~120 Community Based

Organizations

• Distributed across all 7 COVID-19 preparedness

regions in the state

• $25 million for 6 months plus reimbursements

for isolation and quarantine-related costs

• 1 year commitment for this work

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Eligibility

• Any 501(c)(3) organization that provides culturally

responsive services to communities in Oregon that are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.

• Organizations with 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsors are eligible

to apply.

• Organizations must hold commercial general liability

insurance covering bodily injury and property damage of not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence and annual aggregate limit not less than $2,000,000.

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Eligibility

• All grantees must abide by OHA’s nondiscrimination

policy, and state and federal civil rights laws, unless

• therwise exempted by federal or state law.
• Health systems and for-profit organizations are not

eligible.

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Funding

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Estimated available funding for initial six months: $25 million The second six months of funding will be determined based

• n available funds. Funding will continue for core staff

support and deliverables will be adjusted based on total available funds and the course of the COVID-19 response. Estimated total number of grants: 120 statewide

Funding

Ranges: The ranges below are suggested based on the number of individuals served. Listed below are the ranges for each option:

• Community engagement: $11,783 - $47,131
• Contract tracing: $6,546 - $26,184
• Social services and wraparound supports: $7,855-

$31,421

• Start-up costs: One-time funding $5,265. These funds

can be used to purchase equipment for employees or any start-up costs to implement this new work.

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Reimbursement for isolation and quarantine related costs

• CBOs can submit direct costs related to isolation and

quarantine (e.g., food, cell phones, health care supplies (not covered by insurance), housing, child care) to OHA directly for reimbursement.

• Reimbursable costs do not include: car payments, credit

card payment, or student and personal loans.

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Application process

• June 10: Grant announcement released
• June 24: Applications due
• June 30: Organizations notified of the status of

their applications

• Budget due within 60 days of award
• Question/completed applications:

Community.Covid19@dhsoha.state.or.us

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Who we want to reach

• People of color
• People with disabilities
• People who are houseless
• Individuals with substance

use disorder

• Immigrant and refugee

communities

• Faith communities
• Undocumented

communities

• Farmworkers
• People experiencing

mental health issues

• Older adults and

LGBTQIA+ communities

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Questions

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Please enter your questions into the chat box. We will do

• ur best to respond to all

questions.

For more information

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• Question or to submit completed applications:

Community.Covid19@dhsoha.state.or.us

Thank You!

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